For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for July 22, 2013

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 11 years ago

    Your grandson has a point there, ma’am and sir. Don’t take it personally.

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    hsawlrae  over 11 years ago

    Just trying to be likewise complimentary.

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    g55rumpy  over 11 years ago

    the things kids say. and where they`ll say it

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    bluskies  over 11 years ago

    Back in the day Art Linkletter made a living with lines like this.“Gramps, who the heck is Art Linkletter?”

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    psychlady  over 11 years ago

    Nice, Michael! Way to go!!

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    Gator007  over 11 years ago

    A fast turn around trip.

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    thirdguy  over 11 years ago

    Exactly when that stops being a compliment, is something one can only discern with age, and the gradual knowledge of social graces.

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    rshive  over 11 years ago

    Kind of an undiplomatic way to put it, Michael. But it actually does happen that way.

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    Spotted Owl  over 11 years ago

    It’s lovely to see Michael’s uninhibited smile and total comfort in the arms of his Grandma.

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    athomas917  over 11 years ago

    Enjoy them now, Mike.

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    sbchamp  over 11 years ago

    The mouths of babes…He’ll be a teenager soon enough

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    Mickeylacey  over 11 years ago

    Great way to start!!!!

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    alondra  over 11 years ago

    Kids don’t know any better. But when you get older you just have to consider the source. There was this one little girl of about 10 who always told me I was old. To her I was. When I was 10 I thought people in their 30’s were old and I’m older than 30.

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    dsom8  over 11 years ago

    I think kids sometimes get tired of the “You’re so big!” greetings. This reminds me of the old joke:

    “When I was younger I hated going to weddings. It seemed that all of my aunts and the grandmotherly types used to come up to me, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, ’You’re next.’

    They stopped that after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals."

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    rnsimmons  over 11 years ago

    Getting older is not so bad. Beats the alternative!

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    goweeder  over 11 years ago

    When one of my great grand kids said to me, "Nana, why are you do old? I said, “because I’m not dead yet.”

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    Cartoonzer  over 11 years ago

    Ha! This conversation played out almost the same with me and my aunt, only I was being jerk.

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    IndyMan  over 11 years ago

    Dear ‘How——’ I know just how it feels. Any time we drove North to see our oldest daughter and her family, we scheduled our arrival when the granddaughter was in school so that my wife could prepare for the welcome she would receive from the granddaughter. It would almost knock her over. while ‘Grandpa’ would receive a half-hearted—“Hi, Grandpa”. Got used to it after a while, afterall, Grandpa couldn’t sew ‘Barbie’ clothes. Grandpa greeting is still much the same, today.

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    AnonaMoaner  over 11 years ago

    Kids like to hear that they’re looking older. It means they’re growing up. They don’t realise (yet) that once past a certain age, you want to look younger and younger again!

    Michael is paying his much-loved grandparents a compliment.

    Anyway, have a lovely time together, folks.

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    Can't Sleep  over 11 years ago

    Some compliments are hard to respond to.

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    archangel2244 Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Its kind of sad since I know what will happen in the future. Kid enjoy them while you still have them.

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    Lawrencesmith1307  over 11 years ago

    My grand children tell their mother they want to ‘Skype’ with their ‘Nannie,’ but the first words out of their mouth are, “Where’s Grandpa?”

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    JP Steve Premium Member over 11 years ago

    One of Linkletter’s favourite questions was “What did your mommy tell you not to say on the show?”

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    Tdog123  over 11 years ago

    What about his love of the flight attendent?

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    lindz.coop Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Kind of confusing isn’t it? When the grandparents say it, Michael is supposed to hear it as a compliment, when he says it, it is no longer a compliment.

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    CalLadyQED  over 11 years ago

    Serves her right.

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    tcarroll29  over 11 years ago

    Honesty!

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